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Minghan Li1,2, Chunrong Xiong1,2, Yanping Ma1,2
1State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Special Glass Key Laboratory of Hainan Province, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
Abstract:
In this paper, we used differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), high-temperature X-ray diffraction (HT-XRD), and confocal scanning laser microscopy (CSLM) to investigate the Li2O-Al2O3-SiO2 glass crystallization process. At 943 K, lithium disilicate (Li2Si2O5) phase crystals began to precipitate in the Li2O-Al2O3-SiO2 glass with a crystal size of 50-70 nm. At the temperature of 1009 K, petalite (LiAlSi4O10) crystals began to precipitate in the vitreous phase, forming composite spherical crystals of LiAlSi4O10 and Li2Si2O5 with size in the range of 90-130 nm. Furthermore, the Kissinger method and KAS method of the JMAK model were used to calculate the crystallization activation energy and the Avrami index "n". It was found that the precipitation mechanism of the two kinds of crystals is whole crystallization; accordingly, the selection of crystallization heat treatment system was guided to determine the nucleation and crystallization temperature.
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